Dear list members,

We hereby solicit proposals for a thematic issue of the Journal of South Asian Languages and Linguistics (JSALL). A description of the scope of JSALL is found at the journal’s webpage. The thematic issue should include an introduction by the guest editor(s). The deadline for submitting proposals is 1. December 2025 and the date of notification will be 15. December 2025. The thematic issue will be published in September 2026 and may be eligible for Open Access funding. Proposals should be submitted to the Editor-In-Chief of JSALL, Eystein Dahl (eystein.dahl@amu.edu.pl).

Proposals should contain:

A description of the research topic, including a brief discussion of the status quaestionis;
The research questions to be addressed;
A list of prospective contributors + title of papers + abstracts (300 to 500 words)
A short account of how the proposed contributions address the research questions/research topic.

Some further particulars:

Guest editors can be (co-)author of one article in addition to the introduction.
Contributions to Special Issues will be subject to the same reviewing procedure as regular submissions, that is, blind peer-review by two reviewers external to the issue. The guest editors are responsible for the selection of peer reviewers.

Please do not hesitate to contact the EIC at the above email for any queries. I look forward to receiving your proposal.

Best wishes,

Eystein Dahl

Editor-In-Chief of JSALL